Public infrastructure procurement: A review of adversarial and non-adversarial contracting methods
© 2015 by PrAcademics Press. Adversarial contracting methods are used for most public infrastructure procurement and timely delivery on budget remains a problem. In the past 20 years, OECD countries have adopted a number of alternative procurement methods that are based on collaborative principles i...
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| author | Regan, M. Love, Peter Smith, J. |
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| description | © 2015 by PrAcademics Press. Adversarial contracting methods are used for most public infrastructure procurement and timely delivery on budget remains a problem. In the past 20 years, OECD countries have adopted a number of alternative procurement methods that are based on collaborative principles including public private partnerships, long-term outsourcing arrangements and relationship/alliance contracts. We review the theoretical principles that operate for both adversarial and collaborative contracting methods. We identify the characteristics of non-adversarial contracting methods such as the output specification, qualitative selection criteria, the alignment of incentives, discrete allocation of residual control rights, life cycle costing, and risk-weighted value for money measurement that are delivering better procurement outcomes for government. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-720042018-12-13T09:12:03Z Public infrastructure procurement: A review of adversarial and non-adversarial contracting methods Regan, M. Love, Peter Smith, J. © 2015 by PrAcademics Press. Adversarial contracting methods are used for most public infrastructure procurement and timely delivery on budget remains a problem. In the past 20 years, OECD countries have adopted a number of alternative procurement methods that are based on collaborative principles including public private partnerships, long-term outsourcing arrangements and relationship/alliance contracts. We review the theoretical principles that operate for both adversarial and collaborative contracting methods. We identify the characteristics of non-adversarial contracting methods such as the output specification, qualitative selection criteria, the alignment of incentives, discrete allocation of residual control rights, life cycle costing, and risk-weighted value for money measurement that are delivering better procurement outcomes for government. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72004 PrAcademic Press restricted |
| spellingShingle | Regan, M. Love, Peter Smith, J. Public infrastructure procurement: A review of adversarial and non-adversarial contracting methods |
| title | Public infrastructure procurement: A review of adversarial and non-adversarial contracting methods |
| title_full | Public infrastructure procurement: A review of adversarial and non-adversarial contracting methods |
| title_fullStr | Public infrastructure procurement: A review of adversarial and non-adversarial contracting methods |
| title_full_unstemmed | Public infrastructure procurement: A review of adversarial and non-adversarial contracting methods |
| title_short | Public infrastructure procurement: A review of adversarial and non-adversarial contracting methods |
| title_sort | public infrastructure procurement: a review of adversarial and non-adversarial contracting methods |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72004 |